Experience the world of Babar the Elephant as the Tyler Museum of Art presents Babar's Museum of Art this summer, June 6 - August 22, 2010. The young and the young at heart will thrill to see this clever collection of original watercolors and studies by Laurent de Brunhoff, author and illustrator of the book Babar's Museum of Art.

De Brunhoff's book tells the story of how Babar and his wife Celeste transform an old train station into a fine art museum. Visitors to the Tyler Museum of Art will see the original works of art by De Brunhoff that come to life from the pages of his book. Discover Babar posing inside different masterpieces originally painted by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Paul Cezanne, and even Jackson Pollock.

Special events will be held at the Tyler Museum of Art in collaboration with the following partner organizations:
All Saints' Episcopal School French Club
Bernard Restaurant
The Caldwell Zoo
Discovery Science Place
The Lindale Library
Cameron-J. Jarvis Troup Municipal Library
Tyler Civic Theatre
Tyler Public Library
The Tyler Youth Orchestra
Yoga Life by Sandy Shepard
Young Audiences of Northeast Texas.

Babar’s Museum of Art is organized by Mary Ryan Gallery, NYC.

Major Sponsor is Anonymous.

Exhibition is supported in part by the Julietta Jarvis Foundation, Inc.

Sponsors are Kay Arms and June and Steve Hillis.

Collectors Circle Sponsors are the Byars Foundation, Mrs. Jack King Sr., Margaret and Jim Perkins, Myrtis D. Smith and Betty and Dick Summers.

Corporate Member Sponsors are Southside Bank and Texas Oncology – Tyler.

Media Sponsors are BSCENE Magazine, CBS 19-KYTX, East Texas Radio Group, KLTV Channel 7, and Piney Woods Live.

The Tyler Museum of Art is supported by its members, Tyler Junior College, and the City of Tyler.

ADMISSION:
FREE - TMA Members
$7 - Adults
$5 - Students & Seniors
FREE - Children 12 & Under

Schedule of Events & Activities:

March 2010

• March-May 2010 Tyler Civic Theatre Babar’s Museum of Art Puppet Show Performance in TISD elementary schools, presented by Young Audiences of Northeast Texas
• March 6-12, Spring Break in Paris with Discovery Science Place, Celebrating TMA’s upcoming Babar Exhibit

April 2010

• April 16, 10:00 a.m. Babar Story Time at the Lindale Library
• April 21, 10:30 a.m. Tyler Civic Theatre Puppet Show Performance at Troup Library

May 2010

• May 1, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Babar L’Éléphant Workshops by All Saints French Club at the TMA
• May 8, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Family Day with the Caldwell Zoo at TMA
• May 21, 10:00 a.m. Babar Story Time at the Lindale Library
• May 22, 11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. “Babar’s Museum of Art” puppet show performance at the Tyler Civic Theatre
• May 23, 2:00 p.m. Tyler Youth Orchestra performance at Caldwell Zoo

June 2010

• June 5, 6:30 p.m. Tyler Museum of Art Members' Preview of Babar’s Museum of Art. Music by Tyler Youth Orchestra
• June 6, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Public Opening of Babar’s Museum of Art Free admission!
• June 11, 10:00 a.m. Babar Story Time with an art activity by the TMA at the Lindale Library
• June 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Family Day with the Caldwell Zoo at TMA
• June 14-17, 10:30 a.m. “Fables and Films” featuring Babar, at the Tyler Public Library
• June 14-18, TMA and the Caldwell Zoo Summer Art Camp
• June 19, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Babar Family Yoga Class with Sandy Shepard at the TMA
• June 21-25, TMA and the Caldwell Zoo Summer Art Camp
• June 26, 12:00-2:00 p.m. French Cooking Class for children and families at Bernard Restaurant

July 2010

• July 7, 2:30-3:00 Troup Library, Summer Reading Program, featuring Babar the Elephant
• July 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Family Day with the Tyler Civic Theatre at the TMA
• July 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Babar Family Yoga Class with Sandy Shepard at the TMA

August 2010

• August 14, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Family Day with the Tyler Civic Theatre at the TMA